Recognised as Colour

#005FB9

#005FB9
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Royal blue

#005FB9 is a blue with RGB values 0, 95, 185 and HSL 209°, 100%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#005FB9#005FB9

HEX#005FB9

RGBrgb(0, 95, 185)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.3725, 0.7255

RGB percentages0%, 37.3%, 72.5%

HSLhsl(209.2, 100%, 36.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(209.2, 100%, 72.5%)

CMYK100%, 48.6%, 0%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer24,505

CSS custom property--colour: #005FB9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11687WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness95.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.29:1

Contrast with white6.29:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#515151

Inverted#FFA046

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2868BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#0059B7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Tritanopia#007583no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.34:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 19.5 Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.7 Dodgerblue · ΔE 21.1 Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.9 Slate blue · ΔE 24.6 Medium purple · ΔE 28.7

Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 19.49, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#B95A00

Analogous#00B9B6, #0003B9

Triadic#B9005F, #5FB900

Split complementary#B90003, #B9B600

Tetradic#B600B9, #B95A00, #03B900

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#86C4FF

Lighter +30%#53ABFF

Lighter +20%#2093FF

Lighter +10%#0079EC

Darker −10%#004586

Darker −20%#002B53

Darker −30%#001020

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#005FB9

Less saturated −25%#175EA2

Channel breakdown

G95

B185

Red0 (0%)

Green95 (37.3%)

Blue185 (72.5%)

Hue209.19°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness36.27%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 5F · B B9

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